Old Botanical Garden of Göttingen University

The Botanical Gardens of the Georg- August University in Göttingen was founded in 1736 by the polymath Albrecht von Haller immediately after institution of the University.

The Old Botanical Garden

The on the foundation by Haller declining Old Botanical Garden is located in the northeast of the medieval city center behind the old auditorium. He has a systematic garden size of 5 acres and includes more than 12,000 different plant species that are managed by the Albrecht-von -Haller - Institute for Plant Sciences at the University. The historical conditioning of the garden within the city wall was later joined by three more now open historic tunnel beneath a wall which extends outside of the wall. Within the ramparts are several publicly accessible Greenhouses ( historical fernery, orangery, cold house, tropical house, Subtropenhaus, Cycadeenhaus, Araceenhaus, succulent, dry desert house, Victoria House ) with different opening times, but usually open weekdays in the morning, and the Institute building. Outside of the wall there is a system according to the latest phylogenetic insights and a rockery with various habitats and an arboretum.

With this garden connect the names of

• Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777), founder and from 1736 to 1753 director of the garden;
• Gustav Albert Peter (1853-1937), from 1888 to 1923 director of the garden;
• Carl Bonstedt (1866-1953), inspector of the garden of 1900-1931;
• Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt (1903-1977), inspector of the garden from 1940 to 1964.

The coordinates of the garden are: 51 ° 32 ' 16 "N, 9 ° 56' 13" O51.537739.93708

The New Botanical Garden

This new garden was created in 1967 as an experimental garden in the wake of the Northern Extension of the University at the B 27 in Nikolausberg under Heinz Ellenberg ( 1913-1997 ).

• Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ' 19 " N, 9 ° 57' 21" O51.555379.95577

The Forest Botanical Garden

The Forest Botanical Garden with the corresponding Arboretum was established at the New Botanical Garden then also in the district of Nicholas Berg in the course of the move (1970 ) of the Forestry Faculty of Hann. Munden to Göttingen.

• Coordinates: 51 ° 33 ' 29 " N, 9 ° 57' 28" O51.558159.95778